When you've played this game for ten years and gone to bat seven-thousand times and gotten two-thousand hits do you know what that really means? It means you've gone zero for five-thousand.

After Jackie Robinson the most important black in baseball history is Reggie Jackson, I really mean that.

I'll tell you what makes a great manager: A great manager has a knack for making ballplayers think they are better than they think they are. He forces you to have a good opinion of yourself. He lets you know he believes in you.

People think I hate Billy Martin. I don't. I hate some of the things he did. And I will say I don't understand him. Billy Martin is not an intellectual, but there is a cunningness to him that is something to behold.

I feel that the most important requirement in success is learning to overcome failure. You must learn to tolerate it, but never accept it

You don't face Nolan Ryan without your rest. He's the only guy I go against that makes me go to bed before midnight.

I'm the straw that stirs the drink.